Empire
Empire

Empire

4.2
March 6, 1965
7h 59m

Overview

Filmed by Jonas Mekas from the 44th floor of the Time-Life Building, “Empire” explores the passage of time without the use of characters or a traditional narrative. The film, that consists of one stationary shot of the Empire State Building, was made from standard 1,200-foot rolls of 16mm film with a more than eight-hour runtime.

Director

Andy Warhol

Cast

Jonas Mekas

Jonas Mekas

Self (uncredited)

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol

Self (uncredited)